Now you see it, now you don’t: DeKalb audit back under wraps
An audit of the DeKalb County schools that Superintendent Cheryl Atkinson withheld from the public and then released online is back under seal.
The Nov. 8 KPMG draft audit appeared on the school system website Wednesday, but by Thursday it had been quietly removed. When asked why, district spokesman Jeff Dickerson said, “KPMG lawyers demanded it.”
School lawyers had advised Atkinson that the document was “privileged” from disclosure under under Georgia law, but the Georgia First Amendment Foundation disagreed, saying open records law trumped such privacy claims. Atkinson temporarily posted the document online after media reports about the contents of a leaked copy.
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Ty Tagami is a staff writer for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Since joining the newspaper in 2002, he has written about everything from hurricanes to homelessness. He has deep experience covering local government and education, and can often be found under the Gold Dome when lawmakers meet or in a school somewhere in the state.
